Gypsum
Gypsum Fibrosum
Shi Gao

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Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; pungent; big chill

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of febrile diseases due to exogenous affection with high fever and dire thirst, asthma and cough caused by heat in the lung, headache and toothache caused by exuberant fire in the stomach.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

1. its decoction can lower milk- or vaccine-induced fever in rabbits, but pure calcium sulfate does not possess this effect.2. its decoction can also quench thirst in rats.